Ugezod's Death Commandos - an Oldhammer project

[Cubs]

Thanks guys, we're in the home strait now! The final 4 models are to follow. If I actually get them all painted, it'll be the realisation of an ambition that stretches back thirty odd years! I suppose I'll have to start thinking about a nice display base now won't I?

[Steam Flunky]

Nice work.
They have a great "dark and dirty" look to them. Just how orcs should look!

[Hobgoblin]

That's superb! I love the reddish elements in his black hide: a terrific way of getting around the drabness that can result from paining creatures black, and convincingly naturalistic too.

[Cubs]

Yeah, I wanted him to have those reddish bits in the 'soft' areas: around the eyes and mouth and in the creases of the arms, exactly as you say - to break up the monotony a little. I was undecided as to whether I should give him speckles to represent scabs and/or gnarly bits on the hide as well, but in the end decided not to. I might introduce that to one of the other characters who have some exposed flesh.

[Cubs]

Death Commandos latest member is the intellectually and hygienically challenged Ushtug the Gut.



I'm not a massive fan of the sculpt to be honest, with even deeper than normal Chronicle eye sockets, so they were quite tricky. In the end I flooded the socket with yellow paint and left it to dry, then came back and blacked out the outline little by little until I got the size I wanted. Even so, it was hard to winkle the thin brush in to get the pupils anywhere near the right place.



Unusually for me, I've gone for a relatively mainstream skin colour with Ushtug. It isn't actually green (though it looks it), but a sort of stone grey, which looks greenish when contrasted with the brown patches of skin in 'soft' areas (yes, brown, although they look pinkish next to the green ... which isn't green ... you get the idea). I also wanted him to have lumps of hard skin or scales showing here and there.



The shield is a dead giveaway that my fledgling Orc warband will be (loosely) following the ways of Malal, the naughty Chaos God the others don't invite to parties. It seemed a great idea for Orcs to be fighting just about everyone for no apparent reason.

Hope you like him, not long to go now before they're all done! I suppose I'll have to make a display base and do a group photo when finished.

[Hobgoblin]

Superb!

[Mason]

Like him???

Love 'im!
 

Proper dark and grotty, like a proper Orc should be.
None of that lairy green skin in this 'ere neck of the woods.
 

That shield is superb.
Really sets the figure off nicely.

[stone-cold-lead]

Fantastic paint work and you've made some very old models look really modern. Love 'em. 

[DeafNala]

OUTSTANDING! The brushwork & base are WONDROUS to behold. AND I love the shield. FANTASTICALLY WELL DONE once more!

[marrony]

These are brilliant!

[ZeroTwentythree]

I've loved watching this project. Looking forward to see the rest.

[Constable Bertrand]

That hideous fella is Bea-u-ti-ful!

Your painting is Fantastic, and very inspirational for a few orcses I have undercoated. I like the scaly hard skin on his shoulders.

Thanks for sharing Cubs.

Cheers
Matt

[Spooktalker]

Oh wow!  They could not be better! They are just how I want mine to look! Effing saved for reference. Be proud, these are the business.

[grant]

Pretty good work. Solid.

[DowVooVoo]

GOOD GODS!! JUST GREAT!!!!